Merriam, Kansas

Merriam population, 2020 to 2024

Merriam added 444 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.0%. In the latest year it moved by +710. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 14th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Merriam is 1.0 times that size.

Merriam covers 4.32 square miles of land, for 2,676 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Merriam is denser than the typical town.

What county Merriam is in

All of Merriam's residents live in Johnson County, which had 632,276 residents in 2024. Merriam holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Merriam

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Merriam by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66202, 66203, 66204. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Merriam is

The Census internal point of Merriam is at 39.017600, -94.694000. Topeka, the capital, is 52.9 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Prairie Village, KS (22,919 people), 3.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Kansas City, KS, 7.7 miles away.

Daylight in Merriam

At 39.02° N, Merriam gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Merriam

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Mission, 2.1 miles away, with 10,013 people.